Employment and Labor

New bill aims to stop discrimination and exploitation in the temp industry
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The legislation could change the nature of temp work in Illinois and provide evidence when agencies shut out black workers in favor of Latinos.
Chicago Reporter (https://www.chicagoreporter.com/author/will-evans/)
The legislation could change the nature of temp work in Illinois and provide evidence when agencies shut out black workers in favor of Latinos.
Two Chicago-area recruiters of Mexican heritage kicked off a multiyear job bias probe back in 2008.
As Illinois’ temp industry lobbying quashed legislation to track hiring disparities, advocates unleashed class-action lawsuits on behalf of black workers.
Hiring discrimination by temp agencies in the Chicago area is driving a wedge between laborers competing for minimum wage work.